A former lawmaker, said a Chinese official told him that the party should not remain until the end of this year, when an election will be held.

The incident took place on April 17 when Uddhav Singh Joshi (70), a resident of Naugaon town, had come to the district hospital in Chhatarpur for his wife’s medical check-up.

In his letter to the attorney general, advocate Anas Tanveer said Nishikant Dubey’s remarks are “deeply derogatory and dangerously provocative”.